BSC Designer Light: Effective and Free Balanced Scorecard Software Released
May 20, 2011 (PRLEAP.COM) Business News
Implementation of every performance evaluation and strategic management tool requires certain monetary and human resources. For this reason it is very important to make the initial steps without falling into traps of strategic management. AKS Labs has come up with the solution for aspiring managers, strategy officers and other officials responsible for development of strategy and control of the implementation process. Do not hesitate to use BSC Designer Light which is absolutely free of charge software that meets demands of beginners (and even experienced) business officials. This piece of free Balanced Scorecard software can be really helpful for a variety of employees and managers at all company levels. BSC Designer Light offers basic functions of Balanced Scorecard software – creation of scorecards, development and management of key performance indicators, evaluation of company progress in terms of implementing adopted strategy etc.
As known, the most challenging stage in BSC implantation process is actually building initial scorecard, as well as getting to know how the system works (how KPIs are managed, how changes in KPI values affect overall progress etc.). BSC Designer Light will definitely give answers to these questions. The software will certainly give a brief overview of what Balanced Scorecard is.
Users can create sample scorecards (or even serious company dashboards) without substantial BSC knowledge. Adding categories and indicators is quite easy in BSC Designer Light (besides, there is always a sample framework with ready to use categories and indicators that require renaming and entering new values).
BSC information is helpful in development and dynamics. The free Balanced Scorecard software from AKS Labs offers opportunities to evaluate progress in time periods (time points are created to "chunk" evaluation periods). It is also possible to assign different weights to indicators (for example, if some measures are more important than the others) and change measure units (for instance, in percents, currency, points or any other units).
Additionally, BSC Designer Light will indicate current state of indicators as well as their changes in time (so called stop points and dynamic indicators). However, the best way to check progress is to analyze time charts that visualize all the values for categories and indicators, and thus make acquired information easy to understand for beginners in business performance evaluation. On top of that, BSC Designer Light features Business goal manager that will help go through strategy implementation from top to bottom (business goals set-solutions defined-measures selected).
Without any doubt BSC Designer Light from AKS Labs is an excellent tool that helps business managers make their first steps in strategy implementation and evaluation of business performance. Besides, users are entitled for a free support and advice.